Port in the News

THE INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF MARITIME AND PORT EXECUTIVESwww.iampe.orgFor Immediate Release: February 2, 2023Contact: IAMPE 207.741.7000 The Advisory Board of the International Association of Maritime and Port Executives (IAMPE) named Steve Ribuffo, Director of the Port of Alaska, the new Chairman of the IAMPE Advisory board at its most recent annual meeting. Capt. Kevin Kiefer, Chief […]

By Zachariah HughesAnchorage Daily News With support from the mayor’s office, the Port of Alaska is moving forward with an expanded design that could add hundreds of millions of dollars to its already substantial price tag. Under the new concept, the terminals would be identical: same width, same contiguous tracks, laid down for cranes considerably more […]

Coast Guard News The Coast Guard responded to a fire aboard the tank vessel Atlantic Lily in the Port of Anchorage, Friday night. At approximately 10 p.m., thick, black smoke was seen billowing from the exhaust stack of the 600-foot foreign-flagged tank vessel, following by a loud boom and flames. The crew quickly responded to […]

BY THE MARITIME EXECUTIVE    On Friday, a stack fire aboard a product tanker startled residents around the port of Anchorage, Alaska with a loud explosion and a plume of smoke. The foreign-flagged tanker Atlantic Lily was alongside at a fuel pier in Anchorage on Friday and unloading a cargo of jet fuel. For reasons of a technical […]

TradeWinds News By Gary Dixon  A technical malfunction has been blamed for two separate fires on an International Seaways tanker in Alaska. The exhaust stack on the 50,000-dwt Atlantic Lily (built 2008) suffered blazes on Friday evening and Saturday morning at the Port of Alaska in Anchorage. The Anchorage Daily News reported officials as saying both […]

By Anchorage Daily News A mechanical malfunction aboard a 600-foot tanker ship docked at the Port of Alaska caused two fires Friday evening and Saturday morning, authorities said. Both fires were quickly contained by the ship’s crew, officials said. No injuries or damage to the port were reported. The ship was the Hong Kong-flagged Atlantic Lily, the […]

KTUU News By Tim Rockey A ship docked at the Port of Alaska experienced a boiler fire on Friday night, creating a loud boom and brief billowing smoke. According to a press release, the oil tanker Atlantic Lily was offloading Jet A-1 fuel at the port when the blast occurred at 10:08 p.m. on Friday. Port […]

Anchorage Daily News By Zachariah Hughes Congressional and local officials this week welcomed news that the Port of Alaska is set to receive $68.7 million in grant funds from the U.S. Department of Transportation. The money is part of a larger bundle of federal spending on “port-related infrastructure and ferry terminal projects” approved under the Infrastructure […]

Office of Dan Sullivan, United States Senator for Alaska Office of Lisa Murkowski, United States Senator for Alaska Joint Release: 10.26.22 ANCHORAGE, ALASKA—U.S. Senators Lisa Murkowski and Dan Sullivan (both R-Alaska) today announced that four Alaska coastal communities will receive a total of $112 million in investments this year for critical port-related infrastructure and ferry terminal […]

A container ship that is traveling to the Port of Alaska is leaking lubricant, according to a statement released by the U.S. Coast Guard Saturday. The Coast Guard was first notified Thursday evening “that the Maunalei, a 645-foot container ship, was leaking lubricant while transiting to the Port of Alaska.” “The vessel, owned by Matson, Inc., was […]